Metallica's big announcement today is a brand-new festival called Orion Music and More. It will take place June 23rd and 24th at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Metallica will headline both nights -- one night, they'll perform The Black Album in its entirety, and on the other they'll play Ride the Lightning.
22 other bands will appear on the bill, including Avenged Sevenfold, Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse and Cage the Elephant. Tickets go on sale to fan club members tomorrow and to the public on Saturday.
The band talked about the festival during a webcast yesterday. James Hetfield said the band was still figuring out the non-music parts of the fest and that "ideas were flowing." Lars Ulrich said he was looking forward to "meeting the other bands, seeing the other bands and hanging out with all the fans." --Steve Reynolds
Dolly Parton announces partnership with Gaylord Opryland for a water/snow theme park in Nashville. The park is a 50/50 partnership between Dolly and Gaylord Entertainment. Construction of the park is estimated to cost around $50 million, and it's expected to open in Spring of 2014. Spokesperson says they expect 1/2 a million visitors the first year, and the park will employ around 450 people. The them park will sit on 50-60 acres of property at McGavock Pike / Pennington Bend across from the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. The 2 companies have not decided on a name yet, but it will be the first of it's kind in the U.S. In addition to the big news, Dolly celebrated her birthday with the crowd at the press conference, where she was serenaded, and given a 6ft tall pink box filled with pictures of people enjoying a water park and filled with snow.
Dolly Parton, Gaylord to Open New Theme Park in Nashville
Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman (DVD/Blu-Ray)
Eagle Rock Entertainment
24-Jan
Foxy Shazam
The Church of Rock and Roll
IRS/EMI
24-Jan
Lacuna Coil
Dark Adrenaline
Century Media
24-Jan
Lamb of God
Resolution
Epic
24-Jan
Nada Surf
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
Barsuk
24-Jan
Primal Fear
Unbreakable
Frontiers
24-Jan
Queen
Days of Our Lives (documentary on DVD and Blu-ray)
Eagle Rock Entertainment
24-Jan
Royal Bliss
Waiting Out the Storm
AirCastle (digi only)
24-Jan
Scorpions
Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D (Blu-Ray)
Legacy
24-Jan
U2
From The Sky Down (DVD and Blu-ray)
Interscope
24-Jan
Van Halen
Bottoms Up: Broadcast Archives (DVD)
IMV Blueline
24-Jan
Various
2012 Grammy Nominees (Adele, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Nicky Minaj, Rihanna, J. Cole. Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Band Perry, Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Taylor Swift, Mumford & Sons, Black Keys, others)
UniversalRepublic
24-Jan
Various
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Fontana
24-Jan
You Me at Six
Sinners Never Sleep
Virgin
31-Jan
Gotye
Making Mirrors
Samples'n'Seconds/Fairfax/Universal Republic
31-Jan
Imperial Teen
Feel the Sound
Merge
31-Jan
Metallica
Beyond Magnetic (EP)
31-Jan
My Ticket Home
To Create A Cure
Rise
31-Jan
One Model Nation (Courtney Taylor-Taylor of Dandy Warhols)
Total Werks Vol. 1 (1969-1977)
The End
31-Jan
Radiohead
The King of Limbs - From the Basement (DVD and Blu-ray)
7-Feb
Lanegan, Mark
Blues Funeral
4AD
7-Feb
McCartney, Paul
Kisses on the Bottom
Hear Music/Concord
7-Feb
Van Halen
A Different Kind of Truth
Interscope
14-Feb
Cranberries
Roses
Downtown/Cooking Vinyl
14-Feb
Sleigh Bells
Reign of Terror
Mom + Pop Music
14-Feb
Tennis
Young and Old
Fat Possum
21-Feb
Band of Skulls
Sweet Sour
Vagrant
27-Feb
Primal Rock Rebellion (w. Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith)
GameFly has announced its annual year-end top games. The charts reflect the year's top requested games based on members' GameQs, the personal wish list of games they most want to play. Leading the Top 10 lists in 2011 were action adventure and shooter genres, with games like "Batman: Arkham City," "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" and "Dead Island." The 2011 Top 10 GameQ Lists:
Cross Platform: ...
Title
Platform(s)
Publisher
1. "Batman: Arkham City"
PS3, Xbox 360
WB Games
2. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3"
PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
Activision
3. "Dead Island"
PS3, Xbox 360
Square Enix
4. "Battlefield 3"
PS3, Xbox 360
Electronic Arts
5. "Assassin's Creed Revelations"
PS3, Xbox 360
Ubisoft
